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This is 0:01:27.800 --> 0:01:29.360 not an offer to buy your self securities, nor is 0:01:29.360 --> 0:01:30.760 it investment, legal or tax advice. 0:01:31.240 --> 0:01:33.959 Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 0:01:34.000 --> 0:01:36.759 our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 0:01:36.920 --> 0:01:39.240 If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 0:01:39.280 --> 0:01:40.800 blessing and share it with a friend. 0:01:41.120 --> 0:01:43.840 We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 0:01:43.920 --> 0:01:53.880 your life. 0:01:54.960 --> 0:01:58.120 God bless you. It's a joy to come into your homes. 0:01:58.240 --> 0:01:59.120 We love you. 0:01:59.400 --> 0:02:02.120 We know that God has good things in store for you, 0:02:02.200 --> 0:02:05.120 and when you seek after God, you'll find him. And 0:02:05.360 --> 0:02:07.880 I just believe that even today. Your life's going to 0:02:07.880 --> 0:02:10.359 be better for having tuned in. So I just thank 0:02:10.400 --> 0:02:12.040 you for being a part of this next half hour. 0:02:12.080 --> 0:02:14.160 And if you're ever in our area, I hope you'll 0:02:14.160 --> 0:02:16.320 please stop by and be a part of one of 0:02:16.360 --> 0:02:18.800 our services. We'd love to meet you in person, so 0:02:19.080 --> 0:02:21.000 come on by and see us sometime. But thanks for 0:02:21.160 --> 0:02:23.880 joining us today. I like to get started each week 0:02:23.919 --> 0:02:25.919 with something kind of funny. And I heard about this 0:02:26.000 --> 0:02:28.720 new pastor that moved into town, and he was going 0:02:29.000 --> 0:02:31.720 door to door visiting people. And he came to this 0:02:31.800 --> 0:02:34.400 one house and it was obvious someone was home, but 0:02:34.480 --> 0:02:37.480 nobody would answer the door. So he took his card 0:02:37.520 --> 0:02:40.440 out and he just wrote Revelation three twenty on the 0:02:40.480 --> 0:02:43.120 back and he stuck it in the door well. The 0:02:43.160 --> 0:02:45.960 next Sunday, after the service, and usher handed him his 0:02:46.080 --> 0:02:50.200 same card, and below his message was the scripture reference 0:02:50.520 --> 0:02:54.120 Genesis three twenty. Here's what they say. The pastor's word 0:02:54.160 --> 0:02:57.960 was Revelation three twenty. It says, behold, I stand at 0:02:57.960 --> 0:03:00.400 the door and knock. If any man opens the door, 0:03:00.440 --> 0:03:03.720 I will come in. The reply was Genesis three ten. 0:03:04.080 --> 0:03:07.160 It says I heard your voice, and I was afraid 0:03:07.520 --> 0:03:12.320 because I was naked all right, Hold up your Bible. 0:03:12.480 --> 0:03:15.079 Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 0:03:15.520 --> 0:03:18.080 I am what it says I am. I have what 0:03:18.160 --> 0:03:20.760 it says I have. I can do what it says 0:03:20.800 --> 0:03:23.680 I can do. Today I will be taught the word 0:03:23.720 --> 0:03:28.160 of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 0:03:28.360 --> 0:03:32.840 heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 0:03:33.200 --> 0:03:36.280 God bless you. I want to talk to you today 0:03:36.520 --> 0:03:40.240 about not being frustrated and really believing that God is 0:03:40.240 --> 0:03:43.520 in control of your life. I see too many people 0:03:43.640 --> 0:03:49.160 going around upset and discouraged. They're always fighting against everything. 0:03:49.760 --> 0:03:53.200 They're not happy with where they are in life, frustrated 0:03:53.240 --> 0:03:56.640 because they're not married, or upset because somebody's. 0:03:56.200 --> 0:03:57.119 Not treating them right. 0:03:57.720 --> 0:04:02.080 They're constantly at work on the inside, worried, trying to 0:04:02.120 --> 0:04:04.800 reason things out, trying to change. 0:04:04.520 --> 0:04:06.280 Things that only God can change. 0:04:06.840 --> 0:04:10.960 And I believe that we create much of our own unhappiness, 0:04:11.200 --> 0:04:16.279 We create much of our own frustration by constantly resisting 0:04:16.800 --> 0:04:20.719 and fighting everything that's going on in our lives. We 0:04:20.760 --> 0:04:24.520 don't understand why our prayers aren't being answered, why things 0:04:24.520 --> 0:04:28.000 aren't changing sooner, Why has this happened to me? And 0:04:28.120 --> 0:04:30.240 a lot of times we end up with all this 0:04:30.480 --> 0:04:34.600 unrest and uneasiness on the inside. But I want to 0:04:34.680 --> 0:04:39.520 challenge it today to learn to relax and just accept 0:04:39.720 --> 0:04:40.920 the place where you are. 0:04:41.800 --> 0:04:43.320 It may not be a great place. 0:04:43.960 --> 0:04:46.839 We all have things we want to see change, things 0:04:46.839 --> 0:04:49.599 we want to see happen sooner. But if we really 0:04:49.640 --> 0:04:52.680 believe that God is in control, if we really believe 0:04:52.720 --> 0:04:55.880 that He's directing our steps, then each one of us 0:04:56.320 --> 0:05:00.279 is exactly where we're supposed to be, and we shouldn't. 0:04:59.839 --> 0:05:01.599 Be resisting it all the time. 0:05:02.200 --> 0:05:05.560 And yes, we should resist the enemy, we should resist sickness, 0:05:05.839 --> 0:05:09.480 but that doesn't mean that every minute we're fighting and struggling. 0:05:10.200 --> 0:05:13.120 And I know people, they just wear themselves out. They're 0:05:13.120 --> 0:05:18.240 constantly praying, resisting, rebuking. God, You've got to change this situation. 0:05:18.800 --> 0:05:21.960 Change my husband, I don't like my job, and my 0:05:22.120 --> 0:05:25.080 child won't do right. We listen, You've got to turn 0:05:25.120 --> 0:05:28.520 all of that over to God. Your attitude should be God. 0:05:28.560 --> 0:05:29.719 I'm trusting you. 0:05:30.320 --> 0:05:33.000 I know that you're in control of my life. And 0:05:33.080 --> 0:05:36.200 I may not understand everything that's happening, but God, I 0:05:36.279 --> 0:05:39.120 believe you have my best interest at heart, so I'm 0:05:39.160 --> 0:05:41.320 not gonna go around resisting and struggling. 0:05:41.520 --> 0:05:45.360 I'm gonna relax and start enjoying my life. Friends. 0:05:45.360 --> 0:05:48.719 That'll take all the pressure off of you. The Bible says, 0:05:48.920 --> 0:05:52.719 to be still and know that I am God. Some 0:05:52.760 --> 0:05:55.320 of you need to get still. You need to get 0:05:55.320 --> 0:05:58.680 at peace with where you are right now. Things may 0:05:58.680 --> 0:06:02.120 not be perfect. You may have some areas that you 0:06:02.240 --> 0:06:06.480 need to improve in. But as long as we're living upset, worried, 0:06:06.720 --> 0:06:09.719 stressed out, we're just tying the hands of Almighty God. 0:06:10.240 --> 0:06:12.520 If you could just get to a place of peace, 0:06:12.880 --> 0:06:15.200 then God could fight your battles for you. Then he 0:06:15.240 --> 0:06:18.960 can turn those situations around. And the Scripture says here 0:06:19.040 --> 0:06:22.520 in Hebrews chapter four and verse three, those who have. 0:06:22.640 --> 0:06:26.240 Believed enter in to the rest of God. 0:06:27.240 --> 0:06:30.240 Being in God's rest means that you have a problem, 0:06:30.640 --> 0:06:33.440 but you're trusting God to take care of it. It 0:06:33.520 --> 0:06:36.440 means that you have a situation that you don't understand, 0:06:37.120 --> 0:06:40.320 but you're not constantly trying to figure it out. It 0:06:40.360 --> 0:06:42.880 means you have a dream in your heart, but you're 0:06:42.880 --> 0:06:46.320 not in a hurry. You're not frustrated because it hasn't 0:06:46.320 --> 0:06:49.800 come to pass yet. In other words, when you're really 0:06:49.920 --> 0:06:53.039 in God's rest. You know that God has you in 0:06:53.080 --> 0:06:56.279 the palm of his hand, and no matter where you are, 0:06:56.839 --> 0:06:59.880 you accept it as the place God wants you to be. 0:07:00.800 --> 0:07:02.800 I'm not saying that God wants you to stay there, 0:07:03.200 --> 0:07:06.160 but if you're really trusting Him, if you really believe 0:07:06.200 --> 0:07:10.040 he's in control, then wherever you are, either good or bad, 0:07:10.680 --> 0:07:13.680 is exactly where you're supposed to be. And if it's 0:07:13.720 --> 0:07:17.119 not a good place, maybe something unfair has happened, maybe 0:07:17.160 --> 0:07:20.360 somebody's not treating you right, or maybe you're struggling financially. 0:07:20.760 --> 0:07:23.800 Still, that doesn't give us the right to live upset 0:07:23.920 --> 0:07:24.800 and frustrate it. 0:07:25.560 --> 0:07:28.920 We have to understand that God has promised he will 0:07:29.000 --> 0:07:32.920 use whatever comes into our lives for our good. He'll 0:07:33.040 --> 0:07:36.680 use that difficulty to do a work in you. It 0:07:36.720 --> 0:07:39.760 may not be good, but if you'll keep the right attitude, 0:07:39.920 --> 0:07:42.800 he'll use it for your good. But what I want 0:07:42.800 --> 0:07:46.160 you to see today is where you are is exactly 0:07:46.280 --> 0:07:49.840 where God wants you to be. Quit resisting it, quit 0:07:49.960 --> 0:07:54.040 fighting it, learn to embrace the place where you are. 0:07:54.440 --> 0:07:56.160 That'll take all the pressure off of you. 0:07:56.600 --> 0:07:59.680 Well, you say, Joel, you don't understand my circumstances. I'm 0:07:59.720 --> 0:08:02.520 doing the right thing, but the wrong thing's happening to me, 0:08:03.120 --> 0:08:06.160 or I'm in a lousy marriage, or people aren't treating 0:08:06.160 --> 0:08:07.800 me right, or I've had. 0:08:07.600 --> 0:08:09.520 Some bad breaks in life. 0:08:09.960 --> 0:08:12.920 Now, please don't use that as an excuse to live 0:08:12.960 --> 0:08:13.720 your life sour. 0:08:14.440 --> 0:08:15.400 Think about Joseph. 0:08:15.720 --> 0:08:19.320 He spent thirteen years in prison for something that he 0:08:19.360 --> 0:08:19.800 didn't do. 0:08:20.480 --> 0:08:22.160 He could have constantly fought that. 0:08:22.880 --> 0:08:25.200 He could have spent all his time trying to figure 0:08:25.200 --> 0:08:30.040 out why he could have easily lived his life upset, negative, bitter, 0:08:30.560 --> 0:08:34.080 but he didn't do that. He simply embraced the place 0:08:34.120 --> 0:08:37.800 where he was. His attitude was God, this is where 0:08:37.840 --> 0:08:40.480 you have me right now. I may not like it, 0:08:40.840 --> 0:08:43.040 I may not understand it. I don't think it's fair, 0:08:43.280 --> 0:08:45.840 but I'm not dwelling on any of that. This is 0:08:45.880 --> 0:08:48.200 the hand that I've been dealt. So I'm gonna keep 0:08:48.200 --> 0:08:51.160 my head held high and keep doing my best, knowing 0:08:51.200 --> 0:08:53.120 that in the end, You're gonna use this all to 0:08:53.160 --> 0:08:56.400 my advantage. That's exactly what God did for him, and 0:08:56.480 --> 0:08:58.520 God will do the same thing for any one of you. 0:08:59.160 --> 0:09:01.839 For some of you, right now, you're frustrated because you're 0:09:01.880 --> 0:09:04.640 not married yet, you're not gonna be happy until you 0:09:04.640 --> 0:09:07.760 find yourself a man, find yourself a woman. No, why 0:09:07.760 --> 0:09:10.880 don't you just relax and enjoy the place where God 0:09:10.920 --> 0:09:14.320 has you right now? Do you know being frustrated is 0:09:14.320 --> 0:09:17.240 not gonna make it happen any sooner. Worrying about it 0:09:17.280 --> 0:09:19.040 and being upset all the time is. 0:09:19.000 --> 0:09:20.600 Just gonna slow the process down. 0:09:21.280 --> 0:09:24.000 And some of you pray every five minutes, telling God 0:09:24.000 --> 0:09:25.679 what to do and how to do it, what he 0:09:25.720 --> 0:09:28.080 should look like, what kind of card he should drive, 0:09:28.200 --> 0:09:30.800 how tall he should be, how much money he should make. God, 0:09:30.800 --> 0:09:32.880 I got to get married. I can't take it another month. 0:09:33.120 --> 0:09:36.680 So listening, you've already told God a thousand times what 0:09:36.800 --> 0:09:40.000 you want. Why don't you just relax and say, God, 0:09:40.440 --> 0:09:42.319 not my will, but yours be done. 0:09:42.400 --> 0:09:44.000 I'm turning this over to you. God. 0:09:44.360 --> 0:09:47.840 I believe You've got my best interest at heart, and 0:09:47.880 --> 0:09:49.480 it's okay to be honest with God. 0:09:49.600 --> 0:09:51.760 God. You know I'd like to see it happen today. 0:09:52.160 --> 0:09:53.000 But God, I'm. 0:09:52.840 --> 0:09:55.599 Gonna trust you and believe at the right time you 0:09:55.720 --> 0:09:57.839 gonna bring the right person into my life. 0:09:58.040 --> 0:09:59.960 That's what it means to trust God. 0:10:00.320 --> 0:10:03.439 Quit trying to figure it all out, and quit resisting 0:10:03.640 --> 0:10:07.199 against everything. One of my favorite scriptures is Romans eight 0:10:07.240 --> 0:10:10.680 twenty eight. All things work together for good when you 0:10:10.760 --> 0:10:11.400 love the Lord. 0:10:11.960 --> 0:10:14.120 If you can just stay in an attitude. 0:10:13.600 --> 0:10:17.400 Of faith, God will cause it to work for your good. Well, Joel, 0:10:17.440 --> 0:10:18.480 these people at work. 0:10:18.320 --> 0:10:19.360 Aren't treating me right. 0:10:19.880 --> 0:10:23.199 I'm uncomfortable. I don't like it. I want to get 0:10:23.280 --> 0:10:23.720 rid of it. 0:10:24.440 --> 0:10:25.560 Now you know what I found. 0:10:25.920 --> 0:10:29.920 We can't pray away everything uncomfortable in our lives. God 0:10:29.960 --> 0:10:33.120 is not going to instantly remove every difficulty from you. 0:10:33.720 --> 0:10:36.959 He uses those things to do a work in us. 0:10:37.280 --> 0:10:40.319 It's in the tough times that God develops our character. 0:10:41.040 --> 0:10:43.600 The fact is we don't grow nearly as much when 0:10:43.640 --> 0:10:44.480 everything is easy. 0:10:44.960 --> 0:10:46.439 We grow when it's difficult. 0:10:47.040 --> 0:10:49.800 And of course none of us like being uncomfortable. But 0:10:49.880 --> 0:10:52.319 it'll help you to press through it if you can 0:10:52.400 --> 0:10:54.960 just remember, God is gonna get some good out of that. 0:10:55.440 --> 0:10:58.000 You're gonna come out of that stronger than before. He's 0:10:58.040 --> 0:11:00.000 getting you prepared for greater things. 0:11:00.600 --> 0:11:03.199 But here's the whole key. You have to pass the test. 0:11:03.720 --> 0:11:06.760 And if you're dragging around defeated and worried and negative, 0:11:07.240 --> 0:11:10.600 trying to figure everything out and just fighting against everything, 0:11:10.640 --> 0:11:14.640 that's not going your way, then you're just prolonging that process. 0:11:15.280 --> 0:11:18.320 You've got to recognize you are where you are for 0:11:18.440 --> 0:11:22.280 a reason. Maybe it's because of your choices, or maybe 0:11:22.320 --> 0:11:25.640 it's just an attack of the enemy, but whatever it is, 0:11:26.160 --> 0:11:29.359 God will not allow anything to come into your life. 0:11:29.320 --> 0:11:31.040 Unless He has a purpose for it. 0:11:31.679 --> 0:11:35.080 You may not like it, you may be uncomfortable, but 0:11:35.160 --> 0:11:38.400 if you'll keep the right attitude in the end, you're 0:11:38.440 --> 0:11:40.839 going to come out of that stronger and better off 0:11:40.880 --> 0:11:44.200 than you were before. But we have to understand our 0:11:44.320 --> 0:11:47.400 faith is not going to instantly deliver us out of 0:11:47.440 --> 0:11:51.080 every problem. Most of the time, our faith is going 0:11:51.160 --> 0:11:54.240 to carry us through the problem and some of the 0:11:54.320 --> 0:11:57.360 things that you're praying for God to remove right now, 0:11:57.840 --> 0:12:01.120 If he did, you wouldn't be prepared for the promotion 0:12:01.280 --> 0:12:04.679 that He has in store. He's using what you're going 0:12:04.760 --> 0:12:07.640 through to get you ready. And so if you're not 0:12:07.800 --> 0:12:11.000 getting your way, does it mean that God doesn't love you? 0:12:11.640 --> 0:12:14.280 If your prayers aren't being answered in the way you 0:12:14.360 --> 0:12:17.960 want on your timetable, does it mean God's probably mad 0:12:18.000 --> 0:12:20.319 at you. He's probably trying to punish you. Now get 0:12:20.320 --> 0:12:24.000 a bigger vision than that. Maybe it means God. 0:12:23.760 --> 0:12:25.160 Has something better in store. 0:12:25.760 --> 0:12:29.240 Maybe it means he's protecting you from danger up ahead. 0:12:29.640 --> 0:12:32.040 Or maybe God is just trying to do a work 0:12:32.080 --> 0:12:34.160 in you so he can take you to a whole 0:12:34.160 --> 0:12:34.679 new level. 0:12:35.440 --> 0:12:38.680 Why don't you quit resisting everything that's going on in 0:12:38.720 --> 0:12:42.520 your life? Why don't you quit fighting against everything. 0:12:42.160 --> 0:12:43.320 That doesn't go your way? 0:12:43.760 --> 0:12:46.240 Well, you say, Joey, it seems like God never answers 0:12:46.280 --> 0:12:49.200 my prayers. He never does what I want. Well, maybe 0:12:49.240 --> 0:12:52.840 God is answering your prayers. He's simply saying no, or 0:12:52.880 --> 0:12:55.920 maybe he's saying it's not the right time, or maybe 0:12:55.960 --> 0:12:58.400 he's saying, I'm not going to remove that until you 0:12:58.520 --> 0:13:00.280 change your attitude. 0:13:00.080 --> 0:13:03.320 And quit complaining about it. And if you just make those. 0:13:03.200 --> 0:13:07.800 Simple adjustments, you'd see things begin to improve. I don't 0:13:07.800 --> 0:13:10.040 know about you, but I can look back in my 0:13:10.120 --> 0:13:13.280 life now and many times I thank God that he 0:13:13.320 --> 0:13:15.959 didn't answer one of my prayers because what I. 0:13:15.960 --> 0:13:18.319 Thought was the best for me wasn't the best at all. 0:13:19.080 --> 0:13:21.960 And if you push and push and try to make 0:13:22.040 --> 0:13:25.000 things happen, finally God will let you have your way, 0:13:25.280 --> 0:13:27.960 and you'll have to learn the hard way. And I 0:13:28.000 --> 0:13:31.800 see people that just jump into a relationship or jump 0:13:31.840 --> 0:13:34.720 into a business. They didn't feel good about it, but 0:13:34.760 --> 0:13:38.560 they wanted it so badly. And friends, God is a gentleman. 0:13:38.800 --> 0:13:40.880 If you want your way, he'll let you have your way. 0:13:41.480 --> 0:13:43.720 But most of the time when we do that, we 0:13:43.920 --> 0:13:44.360 end up. 0:13:44.280 --> 0:13:45.960 Settling for second best. 0:13:46.360 --> 0:13:49.080 And so if things are not going as fast as 0:13:49.120 --> 0:13:52.560 you would like today, if you're not seeing things change 0:13:52.600 --> 0:13:56.240 in your favor, just relax and learn to trust God. 0:13:56.960 --> 0:14:00.920 Know this, God is on your side. He is not 0:14:01.040 --> 0:14:04.880 trying to hold you back. Nobody in the world wants 0:14:04.880 --> 0:14:08.479 you to fulfill your destiny more than Almighty God. Nobody 0:14:08.559 --> 0:14:10.839 in the world wants you to see those dreams come 0:14:10.880 --> 0:14:12.600 to pass than Almighty God. 0:14:13.160 --> 0:14:15.880 He's the one that puts the dream in your heart. 0:14:17.040 --> 0:14:20.880 Learn to trust him, let him lead you and guide you, 0:14:20.960 --> 0:14:24.200 and don't get upset if you're not always getting your way. 0:14:24.920 --> 0:14:26.720 I really believe one of the best. 0:14:26.480 --> 0:14:29.520 Prayers that we could ever pray is God, not my will, 0:14:29.720 --> 0:14:31.000 but your will be done. 0:14:31.440 --> 0:14:32.480 I pray it every day. 0:14:32.760 --> 0:14:36.360 God open up the right doors and close the wrong doors. 0:14:37.080 --> 0:14:38.720 I found. If you'll stay. 0:14:38.480 --> 0:14:41.920 Open and follow your heart, God will protect you, he 0:14:41.960 --> 0:14:46.080 says in Proverbs. If you acknowledge God in all your ways. 0:14:46.440 --> 0:14:50.920 He will direct your past. One translation says he'll crown 0:14:51.040 --> 0:14:54.400 your efforts with success. I know when I have a 0:14:54.440 --> 0:14:58.080 decision to make, sometimes three or four options all look good, 0:14:58.120 --> 0:14:58.920 and I used. 0:14:58.800 --> 0:15:01.520 To really agonize over it. Any man, I don't know 0:15:01.560 --> 0:15:02.440 which way I should go. 0:15:03.000 --> 0:15:05.360 But now I've learned to say, God, this is what 0:15:05.400 --> 0:15:07.800 I feel good about, this is what I think is 0:15:07.880 --> 0:15:11.480 best for me, and I believe God, because I am 0:15:11.560 --> 0:15:15.720 acknowledging you, You're going to direct my past. The scripture 0:15:15.760 --> 0:15:19.840 talks about because of the integrity of our hearts, God 0:15:19.880 --> 0:15:22.880 will keep us from making a mistake. That means he'll 0:15:22.880 --> 0:15:25.600 close the wrong doors and he'll open the right doors. 0:15:26.280 --> 0:15:29.360 And so if you're acknowledging God today, and I believe 0:15:29.400 --> 0:15:30.360 you are, you wouldn't be here. 0:15:30.400 --> 0:15:31.400 You wouldn't be tuned in. 0:15:31.640 --> 0:15:34.600 If you're doing your best to keep God first, and 0:15:34.720 --> 0:15:38.360 things aren't going your way, something's not changing, your prayers 0:15:38.360 --> 0:15:38.960 aren't being. 0:15:38.880 --> 0:15:42.520 Answered, don't get upset. Know that God is in control. 0:15:43.120 --> 0:15:46.160 You may not understand it, but God's ways are not 0:15:46.320 --> 0:15:50.440 our ways. Dare to trust him, dare to believe that 0:15:50.560 --> 0:15:54.760 He knows exactly what's best for you. I remember a 0:15:54.760 --> 0:15:57.800 few months ago, myself and some of our staff members 0:15:57.840 --> 0:16:01.360 were flying to another city on this smaller plane and 0:16:01.760 --> 0:16:03.560 it only had one seat on each. 0:16:03.400 --> 0:16:04.320 Side of the aisle. 0:16:04.840 --> 0:16:06.920 And after we took off, I wanted to get my 0:16:06.960 --> 0:16:09.760 trade table out so I could make some notes. And 0:16:09.800 --> 0:16:12.520 the trade table on this particular plane came right out 0:16:12.520 --> 0:16:15.240 of the side underneath my window. There was a little 0:16:15.280 --> 0:16:18.000 sign here that said pull, and so I pulled and 0:16:18.080 --> 0:16:20.520 pulled and pulled, but I couldn't get it open. 0:16:20.520 --> 0:16:21.120 It was stuck. 0:16:21.600 --> 0:16:23.840 And my friend Johnny was sitting across the way, and 0:16:24.240 --> 0:16:26.840 I went over to his seat, and his window looked 0:16:26.840 --> 0:16:29.920 exactly like mine, and he pulled his trade table right out, 0:16:30.120 --> 0:16:32.160 and so I went back to mine and I yanked 0:16:32.480 --> 0:16:34.160 and I struggled and I pulled. 0:16:34.320 --> 0:16:36.280 I thought, I'm gonna get this trade table out. It's 0:16:36.320 --> 0:16:37.440 the last thing I ever do. 0:16:37.600 --> 0:16:40.200 So I just pulled and pulled and still wouldn't come out. 0:16:40.760 --> 0:16:44.000 Johnny about that time, he came over, and he's pretty strong, 0:16:44.080 --> 0:16:46.680 not as strong as me, but he started pulling and pulling. 0:16:47.040 --> 0:16:49.120 He couldn't get it out either. One of our other 0:16:49.160 --> 0:16:51.360 staff members. They came over and for enagled with it. 0:16:51.760 --> 0:16:54.200 They couldn't get it, And finally I just sat down 0:16:54.200 --> 0:16:56.360 across the way and it just so happened that I 0:16:56.400 --> 0:16:59.320 looked up and right above that window where we had 0:16:59.320 --> 0:17:01.800 been pulling it was a little sign and in big 0:17:01.840 --> 0:17:06.000 bold letters it said, no tray table, this seat emergency 0:17:06.119 --> 0:17:10.760 exit only. I said, Dear God, thank you for not 0:17:10.920 --> 0:17:15.080 letting me have my way, thank you for not opening 0:17:15.160 --> 0:17:20.080 up that door. And thank goodness the people that designed 0:17:20.119 --> 0:17:23.399 that knew there'd be people like me on board because 0:17:23.400 --> 0:17:25.080 they put a latch up talk for you had to 0:17:25.160 --> 0:17:27.639 use both hands. If not, that would have been the 0:17:27.720 --> 0:17:31.560 last thing that I ever did. But sometimes we're just 0:17:31.680 --> 0:17:34.040 like that. God, give it to me. I gotta have 0:17:34.160 --> 0:17:37.080 it my way, God, or I'm not going to be happy. No, 0:17:37.200 --> 0:17:39.600 you may end up nearly flying out the window like 0:17:39.640 --> 0:17:44.240 I did. Thank God he knows what's best for us. 0:17:44.600 --> 0:17:47.560 Thank God that he's merciful and he doesn't always give 0:17:47.680 --> 0:17:48.240 us our way. 0:17:49.240 --> 0:17:50.000 And I've learned. 0:17:50.880 --> 0:17:53.840 I've learned now that when my prayers aren't being an answer, 0:17:54.280 --> 0:17:56.639 when things aren't happening as fast as I would like, 0:17:57.000 --> 0:17:59.880 that either means that God is protecting me from Dame 0:18:00.080 --> 0:18:03.240 drew up ahead, or it's not the right time, or 0:18:03.560 --> 0:18:06.800 God has something better in store. Don't be hard headed, 0:18:07.080 --> 0:18:08.680 don't fight against everything. 0:18:09.359 --> 0:18:11.440 It's funny, this lady told me the other day. 0:18:11.600 --> 0:18:14.960 She went back to her twenty five year high school reunion, 0:18:15.359 --> 0:18:18.119 and she couldn't wait to see this old boyfriend. This 0:18:18.240 --> 0:18:20.480 guy she had dated in high school. He was the 0:18:20.560 --> 0:18:22.360 star football player. 0:18:22.520 --> 0:18:26.280 Strong, tall, dark, handsome. Everybody loved this guy. 0:18:26.880 --> 0:18:29.000 But when he went away to college, he broke it 0:18:29.040 --> 0:18:32.080 off with this young lady and she was so heartbroken. 0:18:32.160 --> 0:18:34.960 Back then, she was so devastated. She just didn't think 0:18:35.000 --> 0:18:38.119 she could ever live without him. But twenty five years later, 0:18:38.440 --> 0:18:42.440 when he walked into this high school reunion, she said, Joe, 0:18:42.560 --> 0:18:45.000 he didn't look like the star football player. He looked 0:18:45.040 --> 0:18:48.800 more like the football He had gone from being mister 0:18:48.960 --> 0:18:52.640 Macho to being mister couch potato. And she said, thank you, Lord, 0:18:52.720 --> 0:18:56.320 you knew what you were doing. But ladies, quit looking 0:18:56.320 --> 0:19:00.360 at your husband. I'm not talking about that man. Your 0:19:00.440 --> 0:19:05.720 husband is tall, dark and handsome by faith anyway. But 0:19:05.840 --> 0:19:08.640 God knows what's best for each one of us. Let's 0:19:08.720 --> 0:19:12.480 learn to trust him. And when disappointments come, and they 0:19:12.480 --> 0:19:15.359 come to every one of us, when our plans don't 0:19:15.400 --> 0:19:18.200 work out. When things don't go our way. Know this, 0:19:18.640 --> 0:19:20.960 God still has you in the palm of his hand. 0:19:21.760 --> 0:19:24.280 When you say, Joel, my coworker got the promotion I 0:19:24.359 --> 0:19:28.200 was praying for and I got more experience than they do, Well, 0:19:28.240 --> 0:19:30.639 that must mean God has something better in store for you. 0:19:31.160 --> 0:19:33.520 But you've got to pass the test. You've got to 0:19:33.560 --> 0:19:35.200 be happy for him. You've got to keep a smile 0:19:35.240 --> 0:19:38.080 on your face. Well, my neighbor just bought a brand 0:19:38.119 --> 0:19:40.919 new home. They never come to church. I come every Sunday, 0:19:40.920 --> 0:19:41.919 I give in every offering. 0:19:41.960 --> 0:19:42.639 That's not fair. 0:19:43.119 --> 0:19:45.520 No, keep your head held high, knowing that your day 0:19:45.600 --> 0:19:48.800 is coming. God is keeping the records. Then due season 0:19:48.880 --> 0:19:52.359 you shall reap if you just don't faint. For some 0:19:52.400 --> 0:19:55.640 of you today, you're living so frustrated because you're fighting 0:19:55.720 --> 0:19:58.720 against everything that doesn't go your way. You need to 0:19:58.800 --> 0:20:02.240 just relax, lighten up, and take the pressure off yourself. 0:20:02.880 --> 0:20:06.160 The Bible says in Romans that joy and peace are 0:20:06.200 --> 0:20:09.840 found in believing. When you get frustrated, when you lose 0:20:09.880 --> 0:20:12.400 your peace, first thing you need to do is check 0:20:12.480 --> 0:20:15.600 up on your believing. Well, nothing good ever happens to me. 0:20:16.200 --> 0:20:17.959 I don't think I'll ever get married. I hadn't had 0:20:17.960 --> 0:20:20.120 a date in ten years. I don't think I'll ever 0:20:20.119 --> 0:20:22.800 get out of debt, Joel, don't quit dwelling on that junk. 0:20:23.000 --> 0:20:26.080 Believe that God's in control. Believe that he's going to 0:20:26.160 --> 0:20:29.160 turn that situation. Believe that all. 0:20:29.080 --> 0:20:31.240 Things are going to work together for your good. 0:20:32.359 --> 0:20:34.480 I know, the first year I went away to college, 0:20:34.680 --> 0:20:37.600 I applied at the university to get a job at 0:20:37.600 --> 0:20:41.920 the television studio. They had this big production facility, was 0:20:42.080 --> 0:20:44.399 very well known and I'd always wanted to be a 0:20:44.440 --> 0:20:47.399 part of it. That was my passion television production. And 0:20:47.480 --> 0:20:49.840 so the first week I went and met with the 0:20:49.880 --> 0:20:53.639 production manager. He was in charge of all the cameramen 0:20:53.760 --> 0:20:56.439 and hiring all the assistants, and at that point I 0:20:56.480 --> 0:20:59.320 had several years of camera experience, and he was the 0:20:59.440 --> 0:21:01.679 nicest man in the world. He went out of his 0:21:01.760 --> 0:21:03.600 way to be kind to me and took a couple 0:21:03.640 --> 0:21:06.120 of hours to show me around. We seemed to really 0:21:06.200 --> 0:21:08.560 hit it off, but when it came time for me 0:21:08.600 --> 0:21:10.920 to leave, he said, Joel, i'll call you later this 0:21:11.000 --> 0:21:12.879 week and i'll let you know about the job. 0:21:13.480 --> 0:21:15.480 Well, that week went by and I didn't hear from him. 0:21:15.880 --> 0:21:18.959 The next week, nothing the next week, still nothing, and 0:21:19.000 --> 0:21:22.399 so finally I called him and he was always either 0:21:22.480 --> 0:21:23.840 busy or out of town. 0:21:24.480 --> 0:21:25.840 It was the strangest thing. 0:21:26.320 --> 0:21:29.000 I didn't think I would have any problem getting that job, 0:21:29.280 --> 0:21:32.000 but the door just wasn't opening, and I wanted it 0:21:32.119 --> 0:21:35.560 so badly, but I could see it just wasn't meant 0:21:35.600 --> 0:21:39.119 to be. And finally I just accepted it. I just 0:21:39.359 --> 0:21:41.439 embraced it, and I thought, no big deal, I'm just 0:21:41.480 --> 0:21:44.040 going to let it go. And do you know, looking 0:21:44.119 --> 0:21:48.400 back now, I realized that if I had taken that position, 0:21:49.119 --> 0:21:51.720 I don't think I would have ever been open to 0:21:51.800 --> 0:21:55.199 coming back to Lakewood to start a television outreach. I 0:21:55.240 --> 0:21:57.760 know my personality. I would have been so caught up 0:21:57.760 --> 0:22:00.440 in the excitement. I would have loved it so much. 0:22:00.680 --> 0:22:03.919 I'm sure I just would have stayed right there. But see, 0:22:04.040 --> 0:22:07.400 God knows what's best for us. And even though that 0:22:07.480 --> 0:22:09.639 looked great to me at the time, even though I 0:22:09.760 --> 0:22:13.040 was disappointed, I didn't know where God was taking me. 0:22:13.359 --> 0:22:16.320 I didn't know what God had in store. And too 0:22:16.400 --> 0:22:20.080 often we're shortsighted. All we can see is a little 0:22:20.080 --> 0:22:22.840 ways down the road. But God can see the big picture. 0:22:23.560 --> 0:22:25.800 He knows when something's going to be a dead end. 0:22:26.400 --> 0:22:29.680 He knows when something's going to be a distraction that 0:22:29.720 --> 0:22:33.480 will hinder us from our destiny. Now, I'm convinced some 0:22:33.600 --> 0:22:36.560 of the things that you're frustrated about right now, you'll 0:22:36.560 --> 0:22:39.280 look back ten years from now like I did, and 0:22:39.320 --> 0:22:41.760 you'll thank God for not answering that prayer or for 0:22:41.840 --> 0:22:44.640 not opening up that door. You may not be able 0:22:44.680 --> 0:22:47.119 to see it right now, but that's what faith is 0:22:47.160 --> 0:22:50.439 all about. Why don't you trust God? Why don't you 0:22:50.520 --> 0:22:51.800 believe that He's got. 0:22:51.600 --> 0:22:53.000 You in the palm of his hand. 0:22:53.760 --> 0:22:56.560 And know this, When it comes time for God to 0:22:56.600 --> 0:22:59.280 open a door, no man can keep it shut. 0:22:59.760 --> 0:23:01.720 No obstacle is too high. 0:23:02.200 --> 0:23:05.800 Your enemies may be powerful, but our God is all powerful. 0:23:06.080 --> 0:23:08.800 And when God says it's time to promote you, You're 0:23:08.800 --> 0:23:12.560 gonna be promoted. And the good news is it's not 0:23:12.600 --> 0:23:16.000 gonna be one second late. Suddenly God can turn any 0:23:16.080 --> 0:23:19.840 situation around. Suddenly, God can cause a door to open. 0:23:20.359 --> 0:23:23.560 All it takes is one touch of God's favor, and 0:23:23.560 --> 0:23:26.960 our attitude should be I'm not gonna live upset and frustrated. 0:23:27.359 --> 0:23:30.479 I know that everything is gonna be all right. I 0:23:30.560 --> 0:23:32.920 know that in the end, it's all going to work 0:23:32.960 --> 0:23:35.960 out to my advantage. I know some of you right 0:23:36.040 --> 0:23:39.720 now you're going through very difficult times, but just remember 0:23:40.040 --> 0:23:42.600 God has promised he'll never let. 0:23:42.480 --> 0:23:44.520 You go through more than you can handle. 0:23:45.280 --> 0:23:47.760 When you say, Joel, I don't understand why this has 0:23:47.760 --> 0:23:50.680 happened to me. I don't understand why my prayers haven't 0:23:50.680 --> 0:23:52.600 been answered, Why did I get sick? 0:23:52.640 --> 0:23:55.520 Why did my marriage not last? Let me tell you 0:23:55.560 --> 0:23:56.360 something important. 0:23:56.600 --> 0:23:59.840 Quit trying to figure out why some things you're never 0:23:59.800 --> 0:24:02.920 go understand. If you're always trying to figure it out, 0:24:03.000 --> 0:24:06.840 it's just gonna bring frustration and confusion. Learn to just 0:24:06.920 --> 0:24:09.680 go with the flow and know this. As long as 0:24:09.680 --> 0:24:12.520 you're doing your best, as long as you're keeping your 0:24:12.520 --> 0:24:16.159 heart pure before God, you're exactly where you're supposed to be. 0:24:16.720 --> 0:24:18.840 It may not be easy, but in the end, God's 0:24:18.880 --> 0:24:21.560 gonna use it to your advantage. And a part of 0:24:21.600 --> 0:24:25.159 faith is trusting God even when we don't understand it. 0:24:26.040 --> 0:24:27.880 I talked to a good friend of mine this week. 0:24:28.320 --> 0:24:31.359 He just found out that he has cancer, and I 0:24:31.400 --> 0:24:32.720 called him to encourage him. 0:24:32.760 --> 0:24:34.639 And I thought he'd be all down. 0:24:34.400 --> 0:24:38.000 And depressed, but I was pleasantly surprised, he said, no, Joel, 0:24:38.320 --> 0:24:41.399 I'm at peace. I don't like this, but I know 0:24:41.480 --> 0:24:44.040 that God is still in control, and I believe in 0:24:44.080 --> 0:24:46.120 my heart of hearts that He's gonna bring me. 0:24:46.119 --> 0:24:47.080 Through with the victory. 0:24:47.920 --> 0:24:51.640 See, even in your times of great difficulty, even if 0:24:51.640 --> 0:24:54.560 the bottom falls out, you don't have to be distraught 0:24:54.880 --> 0:24:57.679 and let yourself get all worked up. Do you know 0:24:57.920 --> 0:25:00.840 staying in peace in the midst of the storm is 0:25:00.880 --> 0:25:05.680 spiritual warfare. Sometimes we think we've always got to be praying, resisting, 0:25:05.960 --> 0:25:08.960 quoting scriptures every minute, and of course there's nothing wrong 0:25:09.000 --> 0:25:14.119 with that, but really just remaining at rest, remaining in peace, 0:25:14.240 --> 0:25:17.200 keeping your joy, keeping a smile on your face, that's 0:25:17.240 --> 0:25:19.879 all a part of fighting the good fight of faith. 0:25:20.760 --> 0:25:23.119 If you're in a situation like that today, let me 0:25:23.200 --> 0:25:27.160 just encourage you. God is still in control of your life. 0:25:27.280 --> 0:25:28.520 He made your body. 0:25:28.960 --> 0:25:33.440 Don't sit around depressed and discouraged. Your attitude should be God, 0:25:33.480 --> 0:25:36.320 I'm trusting you. I know you can do what men 0:25:36.400 --> 0:25:39.640 can't do, and I'm committing my life into your hands. 0:25:40.640 --> 0:25:42.439 That's the kind of people that God is looking for. 0:25:43.000 --> 0:25:46.359 People that have a made up mind, people that say God, 0:25:46.400 --> 0:25:49.080 I'm gonna trust you if I get my way or 0:25:49.119 --> 0:25:51.639 if I don't get my way. God, I'm gonna trust 0:25:51.680 --> 0:25:54.200 you in the good times, and I'm gonna trust you in. 0:25:54.160 --> 0:25:55.000 The tough times. 0:25:55.520 --> 0:25:58.600 Like those three Hebrew teenagers back in the Old Testament, 0:25:59.080 --> 0:26:01.960 they wouldn't bow down to the king's golden idol, and 0:26:02.000 --> 0:26:04.359 the king got so upset he was about to throw 0:26:04.400 --> 0:26:07.760 them into the fiery furnace. And I love their attitude, 0:26:07.880 --> 0:26:10.760 they said, King, we're not worried about it. We know 0:26:11.080 --> 0:26:14.680 that our God will deliver us, but even if he doesn't, 0:26:14.800 --> 0:26:18.920 we're still not going to bow down. Notice they embraced 0:26:19.160 --> 0:26:22.200 the place where they were, even though it was difficult, 0:26:22.640 --> 0:26:23.880 even though they didn't like it. 0:26:24.240 --> 0:26:26.879 And I'm asking you to do the same thing today. 0:26:27.560 --> 0:26:31.119 Quit living frustrated because your prayers didn't get answered in 0:26:31.160 --> 0:26:34.440 the way you want it. Quit being depressed because you're 0:26:34.480 --> 0:26:36.960 not as far in your career as you'd hoped, or 0:26:37.000 --> 0:26:38.240 because you have a problem in. 0:26:38.200 --> 0:26:39.840 Your marriage or in your finances. 0:26:39.960 --> 0:26:45.200 No, just keep pressing forward, keep your joy, keep your enthusiasm. 0:26:45.400 --> 0:26:47.480 You may not be exactly where you'd hope to be, 0:26:47.840 --> 0:26:50.720 but know this, God is still in control of your life, 0:26:51.280 --> 0:26:54.160 and as long as you keep passing that test. All 0:26:54.240 --> 0:26:57.800 the forces of darkness cannot keep you from fulfilling your 0:26:57.840 --> 0:27:00.959 God given destiny of you. 0:27:00.960 --> 0:27:03.080 You can go out of here with a heavy burden 0:27:03.160 --> 0:27:04.520 lifted off of you. 0:27:04.520 --> 0:27:07.560 You don't have to fight and struggle all the time 0:27:08.080 --> 0:27:12.320 trying to change everybody and change everything. No, just embrace 0:27:12.440 --> 0:27:16.280 the place where you are. God is in control. He's 0:27:16.320 --> 0:27:20.040 doing a work in you. He's guiding you, he's directing you. 0:27:20.359 --> 0:27:23.560 Why don't you take the pressure off yourself. Don't be 0:27:23.720 --> 0:27:27.840 like a chicken that goes around working all the time, pecking, 0:27:28.160 --> 0:27:30.200 flapping and flapping, but never getting. 0:27:29.960 --> 0:27:32.080 Off the ground. Be like an eagle. 0:27:32.640 --> 0:27:36.480 An eagle doesn't struggle. An egle doesn't get frustrated. A 0:27:36.640 --> 0:27:39.800 egle just puts his wings out and he catches the 0:27:39.800 --> 0:27:43.679 thermal winds and he begins to soar. If the winds 0:27:43.680 --> 0:27:47.439 aren't there, he waits. He doesn't try to make things happen. 0:27:47.640 --> 0:27:48.440 He knows how to. 0:27:48.400 --> 0:27:49.320 Just go with the flow. 0:27:49.840 --> 0:27:53.000 And if that eagle encounters a storm, he doesn't get 0:27:53.040 --> 0:27:55.560 frustrated and try to fight his way through it. You 0:27:55.600 --> 0:27:58.800 know what he does. He goes up higher, he rises 0:27:58.920 --> 0:28:02.080 above it. If you're in a storm today, if you're 0:28:02.080 --> 0:28:05.240 facing difficulties. The words you need to hear is rise 0:28:05.280 --> 0:28:05.760 above it. 0:28:06.280 --> 0:28:07.159 Quit fighting it. 0:28:07.520 --> 0:28:10.240 Quit trying to change things that only God can change. 0:28:10.359 --> 0:28:13.960 Go a pire, get your peace back, get your joy back. 0:28:14.320 --> 0:28:17.399 Believe that God's in control. Believe that he's going to 0:28:17.440 --> 0:28:20.000 turn it around. Believe that He's got a great. 0:28:19.760 --> 0:28:21.440 Plan for your life. 0:28:21.520 --> 0:28:24.080 Friends, if you'll learn to embrace the place where you 0:28:24.119 --> 0:28:27.320 are and not always be fighting and struggling, then. 0:28:27.160 --> 0:28:28.399 You'll be like that equal. 0:28:28.560 --> 0:28:31.679 If you'll just enter into God's rest, you'll rise higher, 0:28:31.880 --> 0:28:34.800 You'll overcome every obstacle, and you'll live that life of 0:28:34.880 --> 0:28:36.679 victory that God has in store. 0:28:36.720 --> 0:28:39.600 Amen, do you receive it today? I know you do. 0:28:40.880 --> 0:28:43.560 Or we'd never like to close our broadcast without giving 0:28:43.560 --> 0:28:46.640 you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 0:28:46.880 --> 0:28:50.840 Would you pray with me, Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 0:28:51.000 --> 0:28:52.040 repent of my sins. 0:28:53.120 --> 0:28:56.720 Come into my heart. 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